Around Beshtau

Mount Beshtau is magnificent, mysterious, full of secrets. Mount Beshtau (five mountains) gave its name to the surrounding area (Pyatigorye) and the city of Pyatigorsk, located nearby. This is the highest peak of Kavminvod. From here opens a circular panorama of the entire resort area. In good weather, you can see all the mountains - laccolites, the mountain range of the Caucasian ridge, Mount Elbrus. Beshtau in Russian means “Five Mountains”. Each of the tops has its own name:

Big and Small Beshtau (1401 and 1253), Goat Rocks - 1142 m, Two Brothers (Lysius Nose) - 1116 m, shaggy (Green Cape) - 1077 m.

Mount Beshtau is a unique natural monument.

At the foot of the mountain and on its slopes, a deciduous forest grows, and the peaks of the Big and Small Tau are covered with grass of subalpine meadows. At an altitude of about 800 m above sea level in 1927. A ring road was built around the mountain. The city of Pyatigorsk, Inozemtsevo, Essentuki, Lermontov and, of course, other mountains of Kavminvod: Mashuk, Bald, Yutsa and Dzhutsa, Razkalka, Camel, Snake, Iron, Bull - mountain - 800 m from a height, the rich flora of Beshtau (You will see a natural monument beech forest).

Interesting stops are waiting for you at the Cross, on the observation deck, near the Beshtaugor monastery, near the monastery lake, where soft pink water lilies swim, this is remembered for a long time. A four-hour walk in an open jeep around Mount Beshtau will leave the most pleasant memories. Ten panoramic sites allow you to see not only the entire region of the Caucasian Mineral Waters, but also with the help of binoculars to see the city of Elbrus. When visiting the Second Athos Monastery, you will see an open-air iconostasis, ancient icons. The monastery lake with flowering giant lilies will not leave indifferent, and the pleasant coolness of the water will refresh and cheer up. The monastery lake with flowering giant lilies will not leave indifferent, and the pleasant coolness of the water will refresh and cheer up.

A little climbing the Eagle Rocks in the coolness of small caves and through holes, you can listen to the “singing wind”, and going down – taste the taste of wild mineral springs.

During the tour, a visit to these climbing slopes on the city of Oskaia is organized, where you can try your hand at conquering steep cliffs or just take a picture in full equipment.